Middle English Dictionary Entry
stirket n.
Entry Info
| Forms | stirket n. Also stirkette, (early) estirkette; pl. stirket(te)s & stirket. |
| Etymology | From stirk n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A bullock or heifer.
Associated quotations
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 1666 : iiij vaccas, precium vacce iiij s.; iiij stirket', precium stirkette ij s.
- (1297) Sub.R.Yks.in YASRS 1671 : j estirkette, precium xviij d.
- (1313) *Bolton Compotus [OD col.]270b : Pro viij stirkettes emptis..xvj s.
- (1338) Invent.Jarrow in Sur.Soc.2924 : In stabulo..j stirkett trium annorum.
- (1348) Acc.R.Dur.in Sur.Soc.9942 : In 3 styrket emp. in villa, 7 s. 6 d.
- (1411) Doc.Finchale in Sur.Soc.6p.clviii : iiij vaccæ, j stot, ij quioks, ij stirketts.